Bishop Computer has been a mainstream
Avaya shop, working extensively with the IP Office, Merlin Legend
/ Magix and Partner systems for the past 10+ years. We are experienced
and certified. With this knowledge we can provide customers with
answers and proposals to upgrade or migrate their current systems
to the Avaya IP Office platforms. Some of the legacy systems we
have worked on are:

Spirit308 / 616 224 / 2448 We actually have one of these! We
got it from a client when we upgraded them to a Partner ACS.

Merlin Plus
Which developed as the predecessor to the Legend system. Had capabilities
for up to 56 lines and 72 stations.

Merlin Legend
1.0 - 7.1 First release in 1991 could not install a PRI card
until release 3.0 - Recently,we had to upgrade a site from a Release
1.1 to a release 7 (they had about 75 BIS phones ) in order for
them to use a T1 card for connecting to Comcast. It took 3 hours
to get the old config over to the R7 (didn't help that the 1200
baud connection to the old system kept crashing. Finally when
everything was up, we could install the 100D card but, Comcast
couldn't figure out that they had to change the PRI "protocol"
on their end to a 5E.

Merlin Magix
1.0 - 4.0 Introduced October 1999. The redesign was regarded
to be a Legend release 8, however with the metal chassis and sleek
card design, it became marketed as the new "Magix" system.

IP Office
403, 406v1, 406v2, 412, 500v1 Earlier models of the now current
system IP500v2

We find it amazing that these older systems
are still installed and working out there. A testament to the quality
and design of their time! We bought (2) Partner 206 cards back in
1993 of which, one of the cards is still working at a client site.
The other card was damaged by water or it too might still be in
service. But many of these systems are way past their prime, and
starting to fail. It's time to look at a new phone system, and the
IP Office is a perfect fit!

It's not always in the budget to go to a
new system, but it may be a very good option to maintain part of
your past investment. If an upgrade is being considered, you might
be able to use certain phones from your old system and use them
on a new IP Office platform. Then replace the older phones with
newer, feature-rich phones when you're able. Take a look at what
phones you do have, and let's see if we can get you to step into
the wonderful world of IP Office, one step at a time!

Magix,
Partner ACS & Nortel Phones that can be used on Avaya IP Office

Although there are many older systems out
there, only the Magix systems with 44xx digital sets can
re-use the phones (4424LD+ phones are not supported on IP Office)
with an IP Office and digital expansion modules. Analog phones can
also be reused which would connect to the analog phone ports of
the IP Office base cards or expansion phone modules.

Bishop Computer provides technical remote
service support (as well as onsite service support in the Chicago
to lower Wisconsin areas). We've installed over 300+ IP
Office systems and serviced many more.